MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

Speaking in his video blog ahead of the Day commemorating the victims of political repression, which Russia marks on October 30, Medvedev said:

"Millions of people [in the Soviet Union] have died as a result of terror and false accusations...But we are still hearing that these enormous sacrifices could be justified by certain ultimate interests of the state. I am convinced that neither the goals of the development of the country, nor its successes or ambitions should be achieved through human suffering and losses."

"Nothing is more sacred than a human life. And repressions cannot be justified," he said.

The president expressed concern over the fact that the Russian youth have poor knowledge about the tragic events in the country"s past, which led to practical extermination of the whole layers of the Russian society.

"It is important to prevent any attempts to vindicate, under the pretext of restoring historical justice, those who destroyed their own people,"

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